Catocala verrilliana, Grote, 1875

Gall, Lawrence & Hawks, David, 2010, Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) IV. Nomenclatorial stabilization of the Nearctic fauna, with a revised synonymic check list, ZooKeys 39 (39), pp. 37-83 : 44

Catocala verrilliana syn. beutenmuelleri Barnes & McDunnough , syn. n.

Fig. 4 (lectotype)

Catocala beutenmuelleri Barnes & McDunnough, 1910: 251

Catocala verrilliana race beutenmuelleri ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 37

Catocala verrilliana ssp. beutenmulleri ; McDunnough 1938: 117

Catocala verrilliana ssp. beutenmulleri ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala beutenmuelleri : the original description states “Provo Ut. (Spalding), 3 ♁, 1 ♀. Type, coll. Barnes.” A male type is at the USNM, and is designat- ed as lectotype to clarify application of the name beutenmuelleri . The lectotype bears the labels “Tom Spalding / VIII-2-9 / Provo Utah ”, “ Catocala / beutenmuelleri / B+McD / Type ♁.” The name beutenmuelleri has been retained since Barnes and McDunnough (1918) as a western subspecies of C. verrilliana Grote, 1875 . However, specimens referable to C. beutenmuelleri are part of the normal infrapopulational variation seen throughout the geographic range of C. verrilliana . Type Locality: Provo, Ut[ah, USA].